monad
Plural: monads
Noun
- A single-celled organism; the simplest indivisible unit.
- (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one
- a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
- (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)
- One thing, one being, one item.
- A group of entites or items treated as one entity.
- An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
- A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
- A single-celled organism.
- A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category.
- A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".
Examples
- His Words With Friends strategy started with a monad, a single, perfect word.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-) + -ad.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
monad: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmonad: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
monad: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
monad: valid Words With Friends Word